Abstract: The importance and advantage of building agricultural think tank in the academy of agricultural sciences in megalopolis were analyzed. The background of the establishment of agricultural think tank, the institution, the mode of management, the mode of spreading research results and the effect of consulting services were summarized, based on the practice of Wuhan Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Combined with many years of practical experience, some suggestions on the construction of agricultural think tank by the academy of agricultural sciences of large cities were put forward, which were doing a good job of positioning according to the comparative advantage, actively promoting the application of results, actively carrying out consulting service, strengthening the construction of policy research consulting team, selecting the characteristic direction to strengthen the research as the basis for the development of think tanks.

Key words: academy of agricultural sciences, soft science, agricultural think tank, rural revitalization, agriculture economics research